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Make a gift to the Department of Astronomy

We deeply appreciate your generosity to the Department of Astronomy. Your gift can improve facilities, create and support academic opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and enhance our research efforts.

The following funds have been established to benefit Astronomy:

Friends of Astronomy Fund

Berkeley Astronomy is home to world-renowned scientists and researchers and is universally regarded as one of the top astronomy departments in the world. Our talented faculty and students are engaged in research, innovation, and instruction at the forefront of many fields including theoretical and observational astrophysics; infrared, optical, and radio astronomy; galactic structure and dynamics of stellar systems; planetary science; high-energy astrophysics and cosmology; and spectroscopy.

The Student Observatory Fund

The Student Observatory fund assists with the purchase and maintenance of the latest instrumentation and teaching observatories managed by the Astronomy Department. The fund also provides support for the department’s upper-division undergraduate laboratory courses - the capstone experience for all astronomy majors.

Astronomy Graduate Student Support Fund

This fund supports Astronomy graduate students in their teaching and research activities. Donations will be used for such expenses as travel, observation fees, charges related to student research papers, and research equipment.